Adams Park

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Adams Park
Adams Park seen from a distance.
The Adams Park seen from a distance.
Earlier names

Causeway Stadium (2004-2006)

Data
place Hillbottom Road High Wycombe HP12 4HJ, Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51 ° 37 '50 "  N , 0 ° 48' 0.8"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 37 '50 "  N , 0 ° 48' 0.8"  W.
owner Wycombe Wanderers
opening 1990
surface Hybrid lawn (Desso GrassMaster)
costs £ 3.5m
capacity 9,617 seats
playing area 105 × 69 m
Societies)
Events
  • Wycombe Wanderers Games (since 1990)
  • London Wasps Games (2002-2014)

The Adams Park is a football stadium in the English town of High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire . It is the home ground of the Wycombe Wanderers football club , which is currently represented in the EFL League One . It was also leased from Aviva Premiership to the London Wasps rugby union club from 2002 to 2014 . From the 2003/04 season to the 2005/06 season, the stadium was officially called Causeway Stadium , named after the sponsor Causeway Technologies.

opening

The opening of Adams Park took place at the beginning of the 1990/91 season with a basic capacity of 6,000 spectators. Loakes Park Stadium, which had existed since 1895, was sold, making way for an extension of Wycombe General Hospital.

The stadium was named Adams Park in recognition of Frank Adams , a former player who bought the previous Loakes Park stadium and donated it to the club. In 1988 the club sold the stadium to Wycombe General Hospital in order to use the proceeds to build a new stadium more suitable for professional football.

capacity

The stadium's capacity under the license from Wycombe District Council is 9,617 spectators, 8,123 of which are seats.

For a further expansion of the stadium, additional access options must be built, which is made more difficult by the fact that the stadium is located next to a protected green belt.

Extensions

When Wycombe Wanderers made the leap into what was then the Football League Division 3, the capacity was increased to almost 9,600 by adding the breakwater in the standing area.

In 1996 the Woodlands stand (today: Frank Adams stand ) was built with 4,940 seats. The guest curve was thus also converted into seats, which had led to problems during games against large clubs when the 1,000 seats were not enough.

In 2001 the guest curve (also known as the "Hillbottom Road End") was increased by 1,000 seats. This increased the capacity to 11,000 seats, but for safety reasons only 10,000 of them were allowed to be used.

There were plans to expand the stadium even further. The Rugby Football Union had ruled that the rugby stadiums of Guinness Premiership clubs must be expanded to at least 12,000 seats by 2008 in order to meet the increased demand. But after a sharp drop in the number of visitors to rugby matches, this rule was withdrawn by the national association and the London Wasps' plans were not implemented.

The Wycombe District Council planned to build a new stadium with a capacity of up to 20,000 seats for the Wycombe Wanderers and the London Wasps as part of a large sports facility. But after the project draft by Steve Hayes, owner of the two clubs, and the local council for a stadium, financed by taxpayers' money, from the sale of the football club's land (stadium and training ground) without compensation, and from a large-scale settlement on a protected green area, it came about There were considerable protests in the city among the population and supporters of the football club, and the project was discontinued by the local council.

In 2014, the London Wasps rugby club terminated its lease with Wycombe Wanderers after Wasps acquired the Ricoh Arena in Coventry from the community.

In 2015, the capacity of the Valley-End was temporarily reduced from 1,974 to 1,491 standing places after the security authorities discovered a historical miscalculation of the permissible field of vision and an inadmissible height of the fence in front of the pitch during a regular security check of the stadium. The new capacity applies until corrective action is initiated. The total capacity of the stadium is now 9,617.

Average attendance and visitor record

The biggest crowd came on July 13, 2005 from a friendly game between the Wycombe Wanderers and Chelsea FC that 10,000 spectators saw. The record in the old Loakes Park , where the club played from 1895 to 1990, from February 25, 1950 is 15,850 visitors to the 4th round game of the FA Amateur Cup against St Albans City . The average attendance refers to the games of the Wycombe Wanderers.

  • 2012/13: 3,721 ( Football League Two )
  • 2013/14: 3,681 (Football League Two)
  • 2014/15: 4,044 (Football League Two)
  • 2015/16: 4.004 (Football League Two)
  • 2016/17: 3,917 (EFL League Two)

Grandstands

  • Beechdean Dairy Ice Cream Stand - (North, main stand , 1,267 seats)
  • Frank Adams Stand - (South, opposite stand , 4,990 seats)
  • Panache Stand - (east, back gate, 2,053 seats, guest area)
  • Bucks New University Stand - (West, back gate, 1,974 standing)

Panorama picture

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The Adams Park in High Wycombe

Web links

Commons : Adams Park  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ footballgroundguide.com: average attendance and record attendance (English)